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<b>Updated at 4:49 p.m. ET</b><p>The head of the Boy Scouts of America apologized Thursday to the organization's members, telling them that the group did not intend to showcase the "political rhetoric" in President Trump's speech to the National Jamboree earlier this week.<p>"I want to extend my sincere …

PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — President Trump defended his son Donald Trump Jr., contrasting his Russia meeting with Hillary Clinton's deleted emails, and accused the news media of “DISTORTING DEMOCRACY” in a series of angry statements issued early Sunday.<p>Tweeting from his private golf club in …

MADRID — It has been the destiny of Venezuela to bounce between the extremes of oppression and freedom. The crisis now convulsing the country follows this historical pattern. Every day, Venezuelans of all stripes pour into the streets protesting the loss of their freedom and their constitutional …

<b>(CNN) —</b> Journalism legend Carl Bernstein called on the US press Friday to rise to the challenge of the Donald Trump presidency, which he characterized as "malignant."<p>"We're in foreign territory," Bernstein said, speaking on CNN's "New Day." "We have never been in a malignant presidency like this …

Six teenage girls from Afghanistan planned to come to the US to compete in the First Global Challenge robotics competition this month, but those plans were canceled after they were denied visas to enter the country. <i>Forbes</i> reports that the girls traveled 500 miles to Kabul for their visa interviews, …

This is fine.<p>Leaders of close American allies don’t typically slam the US president at home to win political points. But that’s just what happened on Thursday, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel implicitly, but unmistakably, ripped into President Donald Trump in a speech at the German …

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Friday that she supports President Donald Trump’s use of social media to attack his opponents, especially when so much of the media coverage of him is “neither productive nor patriotic.”<p>The president lashed out at one of his most frequent targets …

Commentary: After demeaning comments aimed at MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski, some Republican senators say the president's tweets are becoming unbecoming.<p><i>Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.</i><p>I have no idea whether President Donald Trump has ever …

Trump’s motive laundering could turn out to be a brilliant legal strategy—or just brilliantly stupid.<p>The Comeycoaster took another thrilling turn Monday night, when reports emerged that President Donald Trump asked the director of national intelligence and the director of the NSA to publicly …

If ever there were a sign that the world is upside down, it is that a Muslim prince from an Arab royal family is now one of the leading voices defending human rights on the global stage. At a time when the issue seems to be taking a back seat everywhere, Prince Zeid Raad al-Hussein of Jordan, the …

<i>Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer. His forthcoming book is "Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Loud Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin."</i><p>One year ago, Germany was named the “best country” in the world, according to a poll by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.<p>The poll …

President Trump has a flair — perhaps a genius — for counter-programming, which can be described as the art of upstaging your rivals just when they think they're about to have their spotlight moment.<p>He did it countless times as a candidate, eclipsing all the other Republican contenders and the …

"There's no question this is a hard-power budget," budget director Mick Mulvaney said of President Trump’s proposal to slash spending on diplomacy while increasing military spending. "It is not a soft-power budget . . . The president very clearly wants to send a message to our allies and our …

During spring break, Canadian families used to pile the kids into a tour bus and head to New York to see the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center and other attractions. It was the start of the busy season for Comfort Tour, a Toronto-based firm that usually brought between 200 and 300 tourists to …

Exclusive: The celebrated Australian children’s author tells how on her 117th visit to the US she was suddenly at the mercy of Donald Trump’s visa regime  News story: Australian children’s author Mem Fox detained by US border control<p>I was pulled out of line in the immigration queue at Los Angeles …

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson continued talks with Mexican officials on Thursday ahead of a planned meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto — a trek that President Donald Trump himself acknowledged was "going to be a tough trip."<p>Tillerson, the new head of the State Department, and …

Three-hour debate on whether invitation to US president should be revoked comes after 1.8 million people sign petition<p>British MPs lined up on Monday to pour scorn on a “racist and sexist” Donald Trump, who they said should not be allowed to come to Britain for a state visit because of the risk it …

If they don’t act decisively now, when will they?<p>The immediate question raised by the latest information published by <i>The New York Times</i> is: What next? Will Congress investigate? Will it subpoena records, including the tax records that may clarify the financial obligations—if any—Donald Trump has to …

Congress has a duty to make sure President Trump isn’t selling out the United States. These legislators are in more active dereliction of that duty than most.<p>More than 800,000 Americans have signed a petition demanding the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns. Polls show that a majority of the …

EU Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt has sparked fury after claiming that former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill would have voted to remain in the European Union.<p>Mr Verhofstadt also accused Eurosceptics of destroying Sir Winston's legacy, a claim that prompted a furious backlash.<p>The European …

He may well try to govern as an authoritarian. Whether he succeeds depends less on what he does than on how civil society responds.<p>Whatever his intellectual and political gifts, Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was a cunning and dangerous criminal. For him, issuing illegal …